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School is in session, the days are getting shorter and there is a cool, crisp feeling in the evening air. Fall is coming and bringing National Pumpkin Month with it. An autumn staple of American culture and cuisine, pumpkins are grown and enjoyed all over the world.

“For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.” Psalm 139:13 NIV Very few people have any sense or recollection of the time before they were born. Perhaps this is because we simply didn’t exist, but it is also possible that our souls or spirits existed before our birth and that we have no memory of this prior existence.

September is suicide prevention awareness month and is a good time to bring to light the mental health crisis that has grown in every community since the beginning of the pandemic. While mental health struggles have always existed, we are seeing more and more people speaking out about the issues that used to remain in the dark.

Researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) have published data in a top scientific journal that may lead to a novel, long-acting treatment for both HIV and Hepatitis B (HBV). The article, “Transformation of tenofovir into stable ProTide nanocrystals with long-acting pharmacokinetic profiles,” is published today in Nature Communications.

The National Institute of General Medical Sciences has awarded the University of Nebraska Medical Center the largest research grant in its history. The Great Plains Institutional Development Award program for Clinical and Translational Research (IDeA-CTR) this month received a five-year, $20.3 million research grant.

Have you ever wanted to join the Master Gardener program, only to realize that the training program was over when you decided to inquire? Join Extension Master Gardeners and David Lott, Nebraska Extension Horticulture Educator, Tuesday, September 28, 7:00 p.m. Central Standard Time, at the Lincoln County Extension Office, 348 W. State Farm in North Platte to learn more about the program!

ACTIVITIES Cards daily at 1:00 p.m. Men’s coffee group daily at 9:30 a.m.

Doris Heath, of Cody, is a member of the Sand Painters Art Guild She said, “I am a retired Computer Science/Business teacher. “I always loved learning and the many forms of art, have allowed me to grow and learn.

Grains are an important component of most people's diets. All grains begin as "whole grains," but processing often alters grain products, resulting in foods that don't pack the nutritional punch they once did.

There is nothing worse than frost in the forecast and a garden full of vegetables not quite ready for picking. Use some simple strategies to extend the growing season and keep enjoying garden-fresh vegetables.